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Amount of taxpayer-funded subsidies plummet in cities associated with Early County in 2021

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Farms throughout cities in Early County received $5.6 million less in subsidies in 2021 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture compared to the year before.

In 2021, 318 farmers in cities within Early County received a total of $10.9 million in 584 farm subsidies, a 34.1% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $16.5 million in 1,014 farm subsidies.

Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.

The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.

"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."

Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.

Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."

The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.

Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with Early County, Year Over Year
FarmerTotal Received in 2020Total Received in 2021% Difference
S. N. L. Farms$929,986$620,951-33.2%
Cooper Farms Partnership$418,168$620,38248.4%
Killarney Farm Partnership$831,207$424,294-49%
Centerville Farms$420,744$349,183-17%
JDA Farms$459,807$312,255-32.1%
Roger Wayne Davis Farms$424,866$270,030-36.4%
Que Sera Farms$269,700$253,623-6%
Kevin & Charity Tabb Farms$200,184$242,83121.3%
K & P Farming Partnership$406,703$235,228-42.2%
M&J Farms of Blakely$304,779$232,911-23.6%
PBS Farms$321,911$203,513-36.8%
West Farms$261,382$198,020-24.2%
Big Pond Farms$247,865$197,917-20.2%
Wesley Kenneth Cleveland$311,725$176,736-43.3%
Clay Bodrey Farms$259,587$167,599-35.4%
Stump Creek Farms, Inc.$98,011$164,25167.6%
Yellow Pond Farms, GP$231,088$158,542-31.4%
JFT Farms$33,904$158,418367.3%
Lockart Farms, GP$257,105$154,986-39.7%
E-Mack Farm, Inc.$318,003$152,575-52%
John Odom Farms, Inc.$169,704$150,913-11.1%
TDM Farms, Inc.$181,907$148,114-18.6%
B & B Farms Brownlee$214,368$145,378-32.2%
Haddock Farms, GP$165,519$122,772-25.8%
MWG Farms, LLC$133,163$120,513-9.5%
Wilvern Kenneth Craft JR$196,416$117,440-40.2%
Jenkins Northside Farms, Inc.$118,586$110,775-6.6%
Hentown Farms$220,601$110,451-49.9%
Claude Pritchett Estate$43,490$104,030139.2%
Phyllis Craft$150,213$101,945-32.1%
Mec Farms, Inc.$168,445$98,616-41.5%
Angela W. Harvey$0$97,982--
Lee Sheffield Farms, LLC$186,765$97,824-47.6%
Johnny Hardy$106,992$96,600-9.7%
Ronald Mosely Still$76,820$93,03921.1%
Jerry J. Pearce$79,631$91,67515.1%
Tony S. Bruner$110,498$88,637-19.8%
3 Friends Farm, LLC$187,099$87,453-53.3%
James R. Carver$135,845$84,446-37.8%
Phoebe C. Williams$67,184$78,76617.2%
Sara Lisa Bruner$25,859$74,333187.5%
John Curtis Holloway$175,180$71,530-59.2%
R & D Farms, Inc.$53,354$69,17729.7%
Wayne Goocher Jr.$80,880$68,372-15.5%
Will Foster Farms, LLC$209,402$67,266-67.9%
Samuel Nelson Hattaway Jr.$79,423$65,206-17.9%
Eddie Walter Tolbert$60,954$63,9885%
David M. Womble$52,376$63,43521.1%
Matthew David Womble$85,251$62,477-26.7%
Triple C Farms$335,832$61,846-81.6%
James Hunter Womble$82,113$61,276-25.4%
Amanda Nicole Granger$69,917$59,025-15.6%
Leslie Neal Sheffield$143,405$56,580-60.5%
Philip Buckhalter$17,516$54,015208.4%
Steve Ellis$96,487$53,925-44.1%
Four E Farms, Inc.$110,453$53,369-51.7%
Southeast Forest Industries, Inc.$0$52,875--
Kilwood Farm, Ltd.$51,272$52,5482.5%
Tracy Robinson Farm, LLC$68,156$50,535-25.9%
John Henry Ware III$20,499$50,166144.7%
Randall Cleveland Ellis$71,747$49,572-30.9%
Beverly Wilson$12,984$48,868276.4%
Hendry's Big Pond, LLC$0$48,466--
Tommy Elijah Lynn$0$47,557--
Jerry Miller Farms, Inc.$103,160$46,980-54.5%
Wilgro Farms, LLC$90,076$44,599-50.5%
Jonathan Seth Sheffield$62,762$43,931-30%
Erin Pinkston Farms, LLC$52,416$43,835-16.4%
Garrett Perkins$95,035$43,757-54%
Lamar Franklin Willis$66,521$42,876-35.5%
W. H. Haddock III$42,805$41,413-3.3%
Barney Brownlee$63,858$41,111-35.6%
Curtis M. Williams$34,709$41,03418.2%
PB Farms, GP$71,413$39,440-44.8%
Linorman White$59,865$38,850-35.1%
White Eunice Residuary Trustee Leilann Odom$61,446$38,466-37.4%
Clayton Wilson Crawford$15,992$38,399140.1%
Jason Carroll Williams$72,494$38,371-47.1%
Rock Bluff Farms, LLC$56,066$36,665-34.6%
Percy Lee Tolbert$21,004$36,58674.2%
Echodell Plantation, L. P.$9,802$34,642253.4%
Enfinger Johnny$56,071$32,996-41.2%
Toby W. Warr$126,781$32,063-74.7%
Fred Sawyer Estate$0$30,064--
Michael Brandon Whitehead$224,823$29,721-86.8%
Ethan Ellis$38,022$28,968-23.8%
Steven Kenneth Moore$45,795$28,329-38.1%
Cody W. Buckhalter$54,262$27,280-49.7%
Max M. Holman Jr.$81,937$26,715-67.4%
The Family Trust Created Under Article 4 of the LWT of Barne$0$26,693--
Jeanne Holman Williamson$22,009$24,74312.4%
Ellen E. Miller$25,055$24,620-1.7%
Adam Martin Still$188,194$23,073-87.7%
Robert R. McLendon III$21,278$21,9893.3%
White Guy Test Trust$37,842$21,294-43.7%
CFC Farm Management, LLC$4,318$21,022386.8%
William Murkerson$28,723$19,789-31.1%
Bobby Cratic$9,345$19,529109%
Jackie C. Frith$40,836$19,378-52.5%
Moseley Brothers Cattle, LLC$223,742$19,351-91.4%
Tamellia S Burden$11,979$18,40053.6%
Eunice White Residuary Trustee Guyla D$17,576$17,7861.2%
Kristen Traugh$20,190$17,638-12.6%
Stacy Cox$21,181$17,412-17.8%
Leon Neil Enfinger$12,959$17,20732.8%
Clarence H. Jester$19,963$16,956-15.1%
William Joseph Cannon$24,367$16,548-32.1%
Charles Thomas Gibson$27,778$16,514-40.6%
J & J Pinelands, LLC$18,134$16,273-10.3%
Ronald Reed Shingler$0$15,898--
4-R Enterprises, LLC$9,875$15,88460.9%
John M. Stein$17,344$15,434-11%
Spring Creek Planting Company, LLC$29,061$15,188-47.7%
Ruth Ann Hayes$0$15,142--
James Lucious McCoy Jr.$12,307$15,07922.5%
Jack Tedder$18,809$13,914-26%
E. H. Giles$10,359$13,19427.4%
Nena F. Pearce$45,962$13,053-71.6%
Alex Whitaker$1,800$12,593599.6%
Grady Lodge Holman$17,521$12,508-28.6%
Nancy H. Mock$29,743$12,460-58.1%
Eric Harris$36,888$12,278-66.7%
Michael Whitehead$33,581$12,202-63.7%
Anne Ivey Hardy$15,681$11,254-28.2%
Hurst Farms, LLC$10,863$10,832-0.3%
Leonard Taylor Bridges$0$10,829--
Crystal Lucas$5,930$10,41475.6%
Johnny Miller$30,614$10,131-66.9%
Mike J. Adams$1,781$9,719445.7%
Moulton Family Lands, LLC$14,998$9,636-35.8%
Daley Trust$10,580$9,485-10.3%
Amanda Jill Wilson$29,612$9,483-68%
Kate Carter Mitchell$9,176$9,1760%
Singletary Properties, LLC$90,161$8,630-90.4%
Janson Farms, Inc.$19,467$8,498-56.3%
Jamie West$1,116$8,480659.9%
Roscoe Earl Langley III$42,449$8,192-80.7%
Hudson Kelly Graham$8,206$8,119-1.1%
The Mill Place, LLC$14,817$7,936-46.4%
Daniel Clark King$0$7,565--
Keuvion Fedd$22,745$7,319-67.8%
Phillip Moore$9,045$7,281-19.5%
Anthony Ray Knighton$13,018$6,903-47%
Sowega Pines Series 7, LLC$10,135$6,707-33.8%
Sonalee Farms, Inc.$8,021$6,592-17.8%
Emmett Mock$2,564$6,204142%
Woodrow Bledsoe Houston$27,051$6,202-77.1%
Emmett C. Horne$0$5,955--
Benjamin Wiley$53,299$5,944-88.8%
Edwin Ladon McDowell$0$5,595--
Haywire Cattle, LLC$26,158$5,520-78.9%
Sterling Price Jones$1,500$5,483265.5%
Leslie Jill Craft$1,236$5,385335.7%
William David Powell$8,396$5,377-36%
Kimberly Reese Pyle$5,341$5,3410%
Big Ponds, Inc.$5,172$5,1720%
Andrea Esther Garrett$68,441$5,036-92.6%
William Moseley$0$5,004--
Fred Foster$22,375$4,998-77.7%
Kayla Danielle Craft$7,039$4,933-29.9%
Jerry P. Houston$6,611$4,631-30%
Julian W. Houston$6,654$4,631-30.4%
Moore Boys Farm, LLC$0$4,603--
Jg Whitehead Farms$89,476$4,493-95%
Idus B Brownlee Estate$2,398$4,47886.7%
Todd T. Hunter$25,400$4,437-82.5%
Lee Sheffield$28,831$4,326-85%
Samara Holman$2,646$4,09954.9%
Neal Hunter Evans$7,096$4,076-42.6%
MTLS Farms, LLC$8,184$4,024-50.8%
Ricky Jerome Backey$1,494$3,911161.8%
Ronnie W. Hunter$7,963$3,841-51.8%
Christopher E. Hayes Jr.$34,596$3,571-89.7%
Alan Pearce$74$3,4534,566.2%
Fletcher Thompson Farms, LLC$195,322$3,406-98.3%
Kollin R. Pyle$46,136$3,400-92.6%
Ellen Glass$46,020$3,392-92.6%
Brad Waller Farms, Inc.$15,959$3,332-79.1%
Janice Marilyn Geisinger$4,969$3,321-33.2%
Valerie R. Hudgins$33,356$3,278-90.2%
Hunter Farms, Inc.$34,810$3,239-90.7%
Robert Eugene Tiner Jr.$3,084$3,0840%
John Moseley Jr.$11,066$3,035-72.6%
Ronnie D. Willis$4,340$2,972-31.5%
Arles Land Holding, LLC$3,550$2,889-18.6%
Rex Darrell Henderson$13,001$2,784-78.6%
Tommie Jive Wright$5,169$2,749-46.8%
Haley Melissa Tiner$0$2,720--
Barbara Wilson Crawford$2,652$2,6520%
Aaron R. Warfield$0$2,624--
W E Mcdowell Farms, Inc.$49,010$2,474-95%
Anne Holman$2,411$2,4110%
Kenneth S. Moore$586$2,371304.6%
A & F Cattle, LLC$12,639$2,347-81.4%
James Quincy Stevens$2,204$2,2040%
Ashley D. Mock$1,013$2,196116.8%
Jack Nelson Hattaway$2,177$2,1770%
Shingler Cattle Company, LLC$14,670$2,141-85.4%
Anthony Clay Gentry$2,122$2,1220%
Brad Waller$0$2,104--
William E. Bowman$2,463$2,101-14.7%
Casey M. Cannon$0$2,077--
Hamp Clarke Farms, LLC$7,868$2,032-74.2%
Danny Hardy$9,429$2,030-78.5%
Jack L. Winkler Jr.$2,226$1,989-10.6%
Tedder Painting, Inc.$2,321$1,866-19.6%
Nicholas V. Adams$26,349$1,835-93%
Sally H. Thompson$0$1,805--
Kent Edward Adams$1,781$1,7810%
Forty Creek Farms, LLC$0$1,735--
Robert Terry Brown$1,880$1,730-8%
Stacy Miller$27,531$1,725-93.7%
Michael Felton Sumner$1,864$1,568-15.9%
Karen Cox$1,696$1,560-8%
Olin Fletcher Thompson III$12,776$1,528-88%
Kendall M. Gale$11,594$1,478-87.3%
James S. Jackson$0$1,476--
David Jerald Mock Jr.$11,946$1,460-87.8%
Charles Thomas Tolbert$1,193$1,45922.3%
Rex Ladon Durham$3,328$1,447-56.5%
Mike Still$7,378$1,423-80.7%
Charles Bridges Farm, Inc.$5,599$1,352-75.9%
Velma Williams$0$1,349--
Debbie S. Ward$374$1,298247.1%
Sid Strickland$27,054$1,294-95.2%
Elizabeth Ann Evans$2,134$1,286-39.7%
Jane Ellen Pyle$1,247$1,2470%
Virginia Lee Grist-Gordon$1,118$1,1180%
Nick Collins Farms, LLLP$33,588$1,096-96.7%
Deadra Waller$5,938$1,048-82.4%
Olin W. Spooner$0$1,030--
Patricia M. Middleton$813$1,00723.9%
Harver Properties, LLC$513$1,00295.3%
Stacy Tabb Cooper$979$9800.1%
Pamela W. Gentry$0$952--
Jimmy White$9,903$933-90.6%
Mildred Corbitt$2,933$933-68.2%
Janet P. Pritchett$19,732$926-95.3%
Andrew J Singletary JR, LLC$592$89451%
Jan Thomas, LLC$323$894176.8%
Jkrapfel, LLC$323$894176.8%
Larry Cutchens$827$8806.4%
Mack A. Evans$53,896$870-98.4%
Danny E. Love Sr.$0$852--
Anthony Mark Still$1,010$848-16%
Philip Evans$1,369$837-38.9%
Connie Barnes Thompson$3,376$831-75.4%
Justant Calhoun Cox$814$8140%
Harold Dewain Morgan JR$790$7900%
Elizabeth M. Miller$1,036$774-25.3%
RCS & Associates L P$6,011$745-87.6%
Phillip Ladon Clenney$562$73831.3%
James Allan Weaver$3,179$720-77.4%
Mary Lynn Alderman$1,667$714-57.2%
George White$6,505$703-89.2%
Jane B. Wasdin$839$696-17%
Josephine D. Grier$689$6890%
Ben Edgar Houston$1,049$670-36.1%
Ronald Dye$3,387$660-80.5%
Tonya Danielle Spence$216$649200.5%
Leah Mcdowell Graham$3,410$610-82.1%
Billy Day$3,664$596-83.7%
Navarre Farm, LLC$6,190$592-90.4%
John W. Hunter Jr.$4,798$591-87.7%
Richard T. Crozier III$0$562--
Joseph R. Glass Jr.$6,291$550-91.3%
Trey Smith$9,554$546-94.3%
Emory Echols III$1,936$520-73.1%
Willie Perkins$5,765$505-91.2%
Thomas Gregory Floyd Jr.$3,452$491-85.8%
Grady Davis Sr.$2,299$483-79%
Edith Ann Cox$8,009$475-94.1%
Harold W. Still Jr.$0$457--
Michael Edward Preston$1,584$457-71.1%
Homer Reddick III$2,442$453-81.4%
Lawson Murkerson$6,790$440-93.5%
Michael W. Preston$2,189$436-80.1%
Bonnie E. Frith$7,437$420-94.4%
Angela D. Frith$8,276$417-95%
Donald Rizer Estate$1,002$405-59.6%
Rennie Faye Bevis$565$391-30.8%
Michael S. Tabb$2,811$390-86.1%
Johnnie E. Wright$3,116$373-88%
Steven Frith$2,233$367-83.6%
Milledge Marvell Smith$2,576$365-85.8%
Almost Home Investment, LLC$0$361--
English Gilbert$708$354-50%
Judy Brownlee$15,678$322-97.9%
Dana Brooke Hunt$912$318-65.1%
Robert E. Chester$528$316-40.2%
Harry Carl Ford Jr.$236$30328.4%
Hoyle McLendon Jr.$0$300--
Trawick Bishop Hunter$1,518$280-81.6%
Richard Dunbar Grist$274$2740%
Glynda Nix$1,162$273-76.5%
Holley H. Hobbs$355$267-24.8%
Susan C. Justice$493$241-51.1%
Priscilla Ann McGill$180$24033.3%
Willie James Jackson$230$2300%
Jim Fenn$766$226-70.5%
Ricky Ward$1,260$212-83.2%
Billy Richard Day$946$211-77.7%
Keith Lorenza Hall$704$204-71%
Robert G. Gilbert$470$202-57%
Maggie Smith$2,178$190-91.3%
William P. Dunnigan$5,244$172-96.7%
Christina L. Brooks$1,775$160-91%
Meredith Whitehead$275$158-42.5%
Debra A. Anderson$127$1313.1%
Alicia G. Moree$0$130--
Aubrey W. Moree$0$130--
Cheryl Holt Sumner$223$120-46.2%
Johnny M. Corbitt$296$110-62.8%
Queen E. Shaw$107$1070%
Cyle Eugene Sapp$1,540$66-95.7%
Laura Amos$940$35-96.3%
Stephen J. Singletary$258$25-90.3%
Tracy Busby$1,993$22-98.9%
Alex Howell Jr.$365$0-100%
Ann W. Bynum$433$0-100%
Ashley S. Rodgers$91,002$0-100%
Carruth Gilbert Henderson$17,300$0-100%
Charlotte Ann Cashwell$14$0-100%
Cheryl R. Kimbrel$220$0-100%
Christopher M. Allums$725$0-100%
Curtis B. Smith Jr.$133$0-100%
David Filmore$2,160$0-100%
David Newton Moore$990$0-100%
Donald B. Crawford$13,980$0-100%
Eric Jarrett Farms, Inc.$704$0-100%
Estate of Byron Shelton Bruner$4,462$0-100%
Eugene C. Martin$2,249$0-100%
Frank White$16,110$0-100%
Gary Randall Hunt$6,030$0-100%
George Edgar Bates III$290$0-100%
Gracie C. King$343$0-100%
Herman H. White$4,889$0-100%
James F. Sealy$31,073$0-100%
Jason L. Garrett$2,260$0-100%
Louie Gerald Howard$2,301$0-100%
Mary G. Bush$4,221$0-100%
Porter Mulkey$12,202$0-100%
Robert Sheffield$869$0-100%
Stephen George Jr.$370$0-100%
Steven Kyle Moore$3,599$0-100%
Sunnydell Farms Partnership$254$0-100%
T E C Farms, Inc.$2,628$0-100%
The Chester Family Corporation$1,407$0-100%
William Brandon Ellerbee$603$0-100%
John G. Golden Jr.$6,067$0-100%
Carey Patrick Cannon$84,363$0-100%
Darryl T. Bruner$4,846$0-100%
Desma B Pritchett$1,430$0-100%
Jessica Kay Frith$550$0-100%
Kenneth Paul Murphree Jr.$8,887$0-100%
M&a Burkett Family, LLC$7,875$0-100%
Megan D. Frith$3,855$0-100%
Ronald C. Bruner$7,395$0-100%
W. R. Murray$4,050$0-100%
Waldo R. Scott$56,038$0-100%
Total subsidies$16,474,856$10,862,182-34.1%

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